Icarus

Chapter 1: Crash Landing

The whole ship shook from the sudden shock of the explosion the Teacher gripped the control panel and Turan grabbed onto his back to steady herself although Ben wasn't so lucky he fell to the floor. His shoes not getting a good enough purchase on the floor of the Urchin.

"What the hell's going on?" he shouted over the rumbling coming from all around.

"I'm not sure" The Teacher replied as he tried desperately to fix the control panel. He pulled at levers and twisted the knobs manically and slammed onto a few buttons.

"Did we hit something?" Ben asked as he tried to claw his way to his feet.

"How could we hit something travelling through time?" Turan snapped. Her and Ben hand never been the best of friends any way and she couldn't stand his ridiculous questions she was ashamed to descend from such species.

"Hey look I was just suggesting, why don't you lay off my back for once!" Ben shouted back at her.

"Maybe I would if you weren't so-" Turan began.

"SHUT UP YOU TWO, YOUR LIKE A COUPLE OF ROTULAMS!" The Teacher shouted as he picked up a loose pipe of the floor of the Urchin and hit the control panel.

His long coat flowing out behind as he did so. There was a huge crash as his hammered down onto the control panel.

The Teacher always had dressed a bit weird and looked out of place no matter where he went. He wore a long brown coat that had plenty of tears in it that had been repaired by patchwork cloth and gave the Teacher a sort of tramp-ish look about him. He also wore a Kashmir scarf that clung to his neck like a dead cat. It had pattern on it that would suit a curtain more than a person and he also wore a trilby hat that seemed to stay glued to his head. He also wore some cargo trousers that were held up by a tie rather than a belt and he wore a simple grey t-shirt.

His blonde hair and blue eyes give him very striking good looks. He looked quite young considering he was supposed to be several thousand years old. Although the others knew he regenerated they'd seen it happen once when he'd changed from his previous form.

The ship continued to hurtle through time and the Teacher raised the pipe one last time and slammed it down onto the panel and then suddenly. The ship stopped shaking.

"That's my good Urchin." The Teacher said compassionately discarding the pipe aside and placing his palm on the panel and rubbing it gently.

Turan straightened herself up and looked around her female figure was quite muscular and showed one more a soldier and a model. She was quite attractive. However the clothes so wore did nothing to flatter her appearance. She was an ex-soldier from Earth's future. She wore black all the time with her combat boots and combat gear. Saying that she was used to it now and refused to wear anything else. Her hair was cut short as well and she claimed it was naturally black but the Teacher and Ben both knew she dyed it.

"Like I always said, if it ain't workin' you ain't hit it enough" The Teacher laughed.

Ben laughed at the joke but Turan kept a straight face.

"Glad you guys find it so funny we could've fallen into another dimension." She said

"Oh lighten up Turan, we're still here and alive." Ben said still laughing from the Teacher's joke.

Ben was dressed as close to normal as possible out of the three he wore jeans, with a pair of normal shoes. He wore a red t-shirt with a white long sleeve shirt on top. The sleeves were rolled up and some of the buttons of the shirt were done up. He wore a belt though that look like something that belonged out of a sci-fi film. It had several pouches on it all gadgets and tools that Ben had been given by the Teacher. Ben even managed to amaze the Teacher with his quick thinking and sleight of hand. He supposed that's why he'd been brought along with them.

"Shut up you primate!" Turan snapped.

"OI!" The Teacher shouted before the two could argue again. "Cut that out right now."

Turan looked like a scolded child as she looked towards the floor and her feet moving nervously, the Teacher really scared her. Ben was surprised her bottom lip didn't stick out she looked so childish.

"Where are we then Teacher?" she asked quietly.

The Teacher leaned over to the panel. He glanced down at the screen.

"London!" he exclaimed.

"London?" Ben asked happily, they hadn't returned home since he'd left he didn't know how long ago. Wasn't much point in keeping track of time when you could move around its constraints.

"Yes about fifty years ahead of when we picked you up." The Teacher confirmed.

"Can we have a look around?" Ben asked

"Sure why not, we could do with a break for once" he smiled at Ben he knew how much it would please the young man.

Ben smiled and ran to the door of the Urchin and opened the door. Instead of seeing what he expected sunshine there was only darkness.